The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Mariana Hernandez Debunks Mike Johnson’s Fear-Mongering Graphic

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[ S peaker of the U.S. House of Representatives] Mike Johnson made a scary graphic so let me translate it for you, because fear only works...

A Classic Duet Turns 50

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One of my all-time favorite female vocalists has been in the news recently due to the 50th anniversary of her most well-known recording. Th...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

“Our Country Right Now Is At a Crossroads”

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Mike Figueredo begins his latest Humanist Report segment with a compilation of both fascist and liberal talking heads losing their shit ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Scotty T. Reid on James Clyburn as a “Defender of the Political Establishment and Its Policies of Oppression”

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R ep. James Clyburn [ right ] says Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election because not enough Black voters turned out. I disagree. I...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

A Precise Metaphysical Claim

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Don’t look for me in the world; look for me in your own heart. For if I am not found there, I am not found anywhere. – Rumi E very p...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Inayat Khan and the Sufi Message

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My exploration of – and walking on – the mystical path known as the Sufi Way continues with my sharing this evening of an excerpt from the ...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Chase T. M. Anderson: “‘Queer’ Has Become One of the Most Elegant and Powerful Words I Use to Describe Myself”

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I appreciate the July 18 op-ed in The Advocate by Chase T. M. Anderson ( right ). Entitled “ I’m Queer, Not Gay. It Matters ,” Anderson’s p...
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Sunday, July 19, 2026

The Serpent: Not the Enemy of Ascension But Its Guardian

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No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. – Carl Jung T he higher you rise, the deeper you must have gone first. ...
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Saturday, July 18, 2026

Quote of the Day

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S tephen Miller stood in front of representatives from more than 60 countries this week and called left-wing politics a “fatal cancer of ci...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

Remembering the Romanovs

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It’s the 108th anniversary of the murder of the Romanov family – Tsar Nicholas II , Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodovnora , Tsarevich Alexei , and ...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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